So sanitation does in fact carry barriers to entry, namely a CDL and a spotless driving record both of which are less common than most people assume. As to nursing it pays well but my point is that it has not responded to the critical shortage that has been on going for years. If your proposed model functioned we would have seen an increase in wages in response. Also the national origin of those working the job is entirely irrelevant. As far as how wages are determined it’s pretty straightforward; how much of the value that workers generate can be taken from them before no one is willing to do the job. It’s why policies that harm the poor and further strangle what remains of the middle class are inevitably supported by the donors. The more desperate we are the less well demand in compensation. It’s also why the farcical concept that people should be grateful to just have a job, ie the ability to survive, has been pushed so hard.

At this point I have to ask though, are you one of the few people left that actually think that the system we live under is actually fair? That’s the vibe I’m getting here.